Media Blitz: WNBC would've been blamed for your missing limbs

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• Hearst greenlights Weekend, Conde Nast greenlights Men's Vogue and, in unrelated news, Jossip greenlights the crack pipe.

• Meanwhile, to Conde Nast's shock, Men's Vogue is not the "most notable launch of the past two decades." It's Cooking Light, which has skyrocketed to a circulation of 1.7 million — or, if you're using Newsday's counting methods, 19.7 million.

• Had you decided to actually grin and bear the NRQW line and, uh, been blown up by a terrorist bomb, you have WNBC/Channel 4 to blame for withholding the story.

• The Weinstein duo have hit the $420 million fundraising marker for their Weinstein Company, with hopes of releasing 25 films per year. We hope there's a The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D spin-off in there somewhere.

• TiVo isn't just a means to watch Katie Couric's legs on repeat, but it's also an advertiser's best friend. And we thought blogs held that title.

• If New York magazine is to believe, JT Leroy is a fraud. But remember, New York is also where you heard (stratospherically falsely) that Jessica Coen earned a paltry $30,000 a year.

Camilla Al Fayed (daughter of Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed) will not, in fact, be working at Vogue under Anna Wintour's whip, as had been rumored. She'll be stashed away in the fashion closet and ad sales, otherwise known as where editorial and advertising blend into one homogeneous black hole.

• Time Inc. is trying its hand at a humor website with former Maxim editor Mark Golin at the helm, with some help from Upright Citizens Brigader Chris Kula. Bonus round: Even Norm Pearlstine might get the punchlines.

Oct 7, 2005 · posted by David Hauslaib, Jossip · Link · Respond
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